"Ginseng Fruit Tree?!"
The two cried out in unison.
Even the usually unflappable Cheng Xinzhan lost his composure at those words.
Who had not heard of it? Who did not know? The Ginseng Fruit Tree was a legendary treasure, a divine tree nurtured at the dawn of antiquity, and its master was none other than Zhenyuan the Great, known as the progenitor of Earthly Immortals!
And according to legend, the Ginseng Fruit Tree could extend one's lifespan!
Shi Yiniang looked at the White Mouse and said,
"You know where the Ginseng Fruit Tree is? You do understand that the Ginseng Fruit Tree isn't just a tree grown from Ginseng Grass!"
The White Mouse spluttered indignantly, "Of course I know!"
"But wasn't the divine tree taken beyond the heavens by Zhenyuan the Great, according to legend?"
Shi Yiniang asked.
"Who said I knew where the divine tree was?"
The White Mouse said.
"Then you're making fools of us?!"
Shi Yiniang picked the White Mouse up and shook him hard.
The White Mouse squealed in fright and finally stopped speaking in riddles. "What I meant wasn't the Ginseng Fruit Tree, but the core of a Ginseng Fruit!"
Shi Yiniang and Cheng Xinzhan exchanged a glance. Even a Ginseng Fruit Core was an extraordinary divine object!
Shi Yiniang set the White Mouse down.
"Then explain carefully, where did this core come from? Legend says Zhenyuan the Great's rules are even stricter than the Queen Mother's. Even when he gives away an immortal fruit, he sends an attendant afterward to retrieve the core.
"Besides, according to legend, this treasure flowers once every three thousand years, bears fruit after another three thousand, and takes another three thousand to ripen. After waiting ten thousand years, it yields only thirty fruits, every one recorded in a register.